James ainslie



JAMES AINSLIE, JR, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK.

FOLDING SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,322, dated June 16, 1885.

(No model.)

T 0 all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES AINSLIE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Spring Bed- Bottoms, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to folding spring bedbottoms; and it has for its object to provide a bed-bottom having its ends and side slats connected by corner-pieces, the side rails where of are made in sections, which are connected together by a wrought iron figure-of-8 link or a similar device, connected thereto at each end, whereby the union between said parts has all the advantages of a hinge-connection, but with greater strength and simplicity, and produced at a much lower cost.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter fully set forth, and definitely pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, of a bedbottom embodying my invention.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral 1 denotes the separate sections or portions composing the full-sized spring bed-bottom. Each one of these sections consists of an end slat, 2, united by corner-pieces 3 with side slats, 4. At the inner ends of these side slats, or at those ends which lie adjacent to each other when the parts are so placed as to form the full-sized bed, is arranged a crossslat, 5, in each section'of the bed-bottom. In order to connect these parts, I connect the slats 5 by means of links 6, made of wire, which are each provided with a double eye, or in the form of the figure 00. These wire links are placed at or near each end of the cross-slats 5, and at one or more points intermediate thereof, and the wire forming the eyes of the links pass through perforations in the adjacent end slats, 5, thereby loosely hinging the bed-sections so that one section can fold over and rest squarely upon the other section without the wire links interfering therewith, which differs from those bed-bottoms in which the adjacent end slats are connected by knuckle-and-joint hinges, as in Patent No. 66,598.

I do not of course claim, broadly, doubleeyed connections, as such have been used to connect coiled springs, as in Patent No. 163,131. This permits the folding of the sections one upon the other, and forming a strong, simple, and cheap connection, having all the advantages of a hinge-joint with the additional benefit of a considerable play between the hinged sect-ions, whereby the latter maylie smoothly one upon the other, even when various materials are interposed between the sections 1. \Vhen properly made, this form of connection is simple, neat, strong, and extremely cheap.

I am aware that the coiled springs of a spring bed-bottom have been connected together by S-shaped loops, as in Patent No. 163,131, and I am also aware that a spring bed-bottom has been composed of two sections hinged together, as in Patent No. 251,2i1. Such, therefore, I disclaim.

\Vhat I claim is- In a sectional folding bed, the combination of the end slats, 2, side slats, 4, and cross slats 5, arranged at the adjacent ends of the bedsections, and each having perforations, with the wire links 6, formed so shaped to create an eye .at each end, which respectively pass through the said perforations of the crossslats 5, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J AMES AINSLIE, J R.

Witnesses:

DAVID R. BANKS, AROHIBALD M. AINsLIE. 

